Ottawa Charge vs. Montréal Victoire 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Finals Game Preview

The 2026 PWHL Walter Cup Finals will feature a series between the Ottawa Charge and Montréal Victoire. Read more about what you need to know for the upcoming games!

When: 

• GAME 1: Thursday, May 14, 2026  

• GAME 2: Saturday May 16, 2026

• GAME 3: Monday, May 18, 2026

• GAME 4: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 If necessary

• GAME 5: TBD  If necessary

Where: 

• GAME 1: Thursday, May 14, 2026

  • Place Bell

• GAME 2: Saturday May 16, 2026

  • Place Bell

• GAME 3: Monday, May 18, 2026

  • Canadian Tire Centre

• GAME 4: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 If necessary

  • Canadian Tire Centre

• GAME 5: TBD If necessary

Watch: 

• Below are where you can find and stream the games!

  • Watch on ION, TSN, RDS, PWHL YouTube Channel

The Ottawa Charge will travel to Place Bell for Game 1 and Game 2 of this series where they will face the Montréal Victoire on May 14, 2026 and May 16, 2026. The teams will then travel to the Canadian Tire Centre for May 18, 2026 for Game 3 of this series. If necessary, Game 4 will be played at the Canadian Tire Centre on May 20, 2026 and Game 5 will be played at Place Bell with dates and times to be determined. 

The Ottawa Charge secured the third seed in the standings after they ended the regular season with 44 points and a season record of 9-8-1-12. Out of their 9 wins, the Ottawa Charge secured eight overtime wins, two shutouts, one shootout victory. During the 2026 Walter Cup Playoffs, the Ottawa Charges advanced to the finals after securing their 3-1 series win against the Boston Fleet. Out of their four wins, the Ottawa Charge secured one overtime win on May 10, 2026 (Final score: 3-4). The team’s points leader was #71 Fanusza Kadirova (2G, 3A) who had 5 points recorded so far during this playoff run. In regards to leading goal scorers, #71 Fanusza Kadirova and #88 Ronja Savolainen leads the Ottawa Charge with 2 goals recorded. When looking at assists leaders, #3 Jocelyne Larocque and #71 Fanusza Kadirova leads the team with 3 assists. The Ottawa Charge’s victories would not have been possible without #33 Gwyneth Philips’ outstanding goaltending performance which ended the semifinals with a record of 3-1-0 and a 0.951 SV% in 4 games played. 

The Montréal Victoire clinched the first seed in the standings after they ended the regular season with 62 points and a season record of 16-6-2-6. Out of their 16 wins, the Victoire secured seven shutouts, six overtime wins, and two shootout wins. During the 2026 Walter Cup Playoffs, the Montréal Victoire advanced to the finals after securing their 3-2 series win against the Minnesota Frost. Out of their five wins, the Montréal Victoire secured one overtime win on May 5, 2026 (Final score: 1-0). The team’s points leader is #29 C. Marie-Philip Poulin (2G, 3A) who has 5 points recorded so far during this playoff run. In regards to leading goal scorers, #7 Laura Stacey leads the team with 3 goals recorded. When looking at assists leaders, #29 C. Marie-Philip Poulin and #11 Abby Roque leads the team with 3 assists. The Montréal Victoire’s successes would not have been possible without #35 Ann-Renée Desbiens’ stellar goaltending performance which ended the semifinals with a record of 3-1-1 and a 0.940 SV% in 5 games played.

When these teams faced one another during the 2025-26 PWHL regular season, the Montréal Victoire won three out of four games against the Ottawa Charge which included one shutout win secured on April 3, 2026. The Ottawa Charge’s one regular season victory against the Montréal Victoire was an overtime win secured on March 22, 2026. During the four games played, the Montréal Victoire outscored (9G vs. 5G) and outshot the Ottawa Charge (114 SOG vs. 109 SOG). The Montréal Victoire also found more success with their special teams as they ended with a higher power play (21.4% vs. 15.4%) and penalty kill success rate (84.6% vs. 78.6%).

Although the Montréal Victoire had the advantage over the Ottawa Charge during the regular season, we can expect a gutsy series as both teams are determined to win The Walter Cup. It is certain that the Montréal Victoire will go into the matchups with the utmost confidence from their previous successes against the Ottawa Charge. Another certainty is that the Ottawa Charge will go into their upcoming matchups fueled with vengeance to redeem themselves from their regular season losses and with momentum from their series ending three-game winning streak secured in the semifinals.

Come back to read about what went down during this series in the upcoming game recap articles!